I must be utterly mad to be attempting this. The backstory to this is that I’m going home for Christmas, and haven’t been home since this time last year. Journeying from Korea to Scotland doesn’t need to take…

     I’ve been round a few places in Busan so far, during my months in Korea, but I’ve only ventured out the city a couple of times. I got to check another place off my list last weekend though,…

     I spent a year living and working in Hong Kong, immediately after graduating university, and while I was terrified at first, and really didn’t think I liked the city much during the first few months, it wound up…

     Last weekend I hopped on the train and zoomed up north to Seoul again (read about my last trip there in this post). The reason that brought about this trip was a friend of my parents was over…

     I heard a lot about the Fireworks Festival in Busan during the weeks leading up to it, as its one of the largest fireworks displays in Asia. It takes place every October, and this was its 12th year.…

     My last destination of my Chuseok trip (read parts 1 and 2 here!), was an hour on the subway south of Seoul, to the town of Suwon. Suwon is the largest city in Gyeonggi-do, the province surrounding Seoul,…

     While I’m originally from the Scottish Borders, and it was a nice place to grow up, Edinburgh quickly became my second home when I went there for university. I may have left it to jet off halfway around…